Thursday, 18 August
The traveling members of the Wellesley-Baikal group finally came back into cellphone range at noon this afternoon. The crew reported that the trip went well, though apparently some sort of acute intestinal ailment made its way through the entire team, Russians and Americans both, in the last two days. (Yours truly was claimed as a victim on Monday night.) Happily, everyone recovered within 24 hours and all are fine now. The two cutters are due to arrive at Bol'shie Koty this evening around midnight, about two hours from now, so more details about and photos from the trip will follow tomorrow.
I write this from Bol'shie Koty, to which I returned this afternoon in order to help receive the returnees from the expedition. I visited Lena M. at the hospital late this morning. She is doing fine, making great progress. Vasia phoned to let me know that this afternoon she was out of bed and receiving crutch lessons in her room from the hospital staff. We're hoping that she will be discharged on Monday or Tuesday. Vasia and Tatiana Pribyleva are looking after Lena's needs while I'm in Bol'shie Koty. The entire Wellesley group will return to Irkutsk on Sunday -- our time on the world's most remarkable lake is rapidly coming to a close.
With best wishes to all,
Tom
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